pkgdepends

Package Dependency Resolution, Downloads and Installation

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pkgdepends is a toolkit for package dependencies, downloads and installations, to be used in other packages. If you are looking for a package manager, see pak.

Features

Install

Install the package with:

install.packages("pkgdepends")

If you need the development version, install it with

pak::pak("r-lib/pkgdepends")

Usage

library(pkgdepends)

Package references

A package reference (ref) specifies a location from which an R package can be obtained from. Examples:

devtools
cran::devtools
bioc::Biobase
r-lib/pkgdepends
https://github.com/r-lib/pkgdepends
local::~/works/shiny

See “Package references” for details.

Package dependencies

Dependencies of the development version of the cli package:

pd <- new_pkg_deps("r-lib/pkgcache")
pd$solve()
pd$draw()

See the pkg_deps class for details.

Package downloads

Downloading all dependencies of a package:

pdl <- new_pkg_download_proposal("r-lib/cli")
pdl$resolve()
pdl$download()

See the pkg_download_proposal class for details.

Package installation

Installing or updating a set of package:

lib <- tempfile()
dir.create(lib)
pdi <- new_pkg_installation_proposal(
  "r-lib/cli",
  config = list(library = lib)
)
pdi$solve()
pdi$download()
pdi$install()

Dependency resolution

pkg_deps, pkg_download_proposal and pkg_installation_proposal all resolve their dependencies recursively, to obtain information about all packages needed for the specified package references. See “Dependency resolution” for details.

The dependency solver

The dependency solver takes the resolution information, and works out the exact versions of each package that must be installed, such that version and other requirements are satisfied. See “The dependency solver” for details.

Installation plans

pkg_installation_proposal can create installation plans, and then also install them. It is also possible to import installation plans that were created by other tools. See “Installation plans” for details.

Configuration

The details of pkg_deps, pkg_download_proposal and pkg_installation_proposal can be tuned with a list of configuration options. See “Configuration” for details.

Related

Code of Conduct

Please note that the pkgdepends project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MIT (c) RStudio